This set is designed for use with Modelsvit’s Su-17, Su-20 and Su-22 kits and fits both the 2017 and 2014 kits.

The set provides replacement parts for both the nose landing gear and both main landing gear and is comprised of thirteen parts, five for the nose gear assembly and four for each main landing assembly. The nose gear parts include the nose wheel, but the main gear parts do not. The cast parts are designed to be drop-in replacements for the kit parts.

As is to be expected with Scale Aircraft Conversions, the parts are well cast and capture the molded detail of the original parts very well. As with most of the other SAC sets I have used, there is a slight molding/casting seam down the sides of the parts that will need to be removed either by filing, sanding or scraping with an Xacto blade. You will need to take your time when removing the parts from the casting stubs as many of the actuators are very thin and easily bent. Once removed from the casting stubs, the parts should be polished using a wire brush in a rotary tool at slow speed and then primed for painting.

When I requested this set, I thought that it might also fit Modelsvit’s Su-7 kit, but in reviewing the Su-17 instructions it quickly became clear that the gear assemblies are different between the Su-7 and Su-17/20/22 kits as there are parts in the set not shown in the kit instructions and the parts for the nose gear assembly are very different from those in the Su-7 kit. The parts are therefore not interchangeable, so now I am on the lookout for a Modelsvit Su-17/20/22 kit.

Highly recommended. Thanks to Scale Aircraft Conversions for the review set and to IPMS-USA for letting me review it.